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[TxdoHawk]

Somewhat annoyed that Tim Armstrong is getting PAID after some of the bullshit he's pulled.

Wow, this dude is a complete fuck-face and sounds like a walking legal liability. It's amazing anyone would put him in a position of power after that stunt at Google.

 

[jstripes]

This has nothing to do with dial up subscribers at all.

It's another fucked up content provider buying up a content creator. HuffPo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Maker.

I hate this. Hate hate hate.

Welcome to your sad future.

Love, Canada.

 

[YoungHav]

So the DEA is going to seize this suspicious amount of cash, right guys?

 

[SlipperyMoose]

Well, yeah - the smart people use a catch-all messenger like Trillian which does a bunch of them.



Trillian does Facebook chat also.



There's a "smartphone" app for Trillian as well.

No ones uses Trillian or AIM anymore. You're a dying breed.

 

[terrisus]

No ones uses Trillian or AIM anymore. You're a dying breed.

Well, yeah - the smart people use a catch-all messenger like Trillian which does a bunch of them.

>.>


For what it's worth, in the US you can also send texts from AIM (and, in turn, from messengers that incorporate AIM) by adding a screename of the telephone number, in the form +16174824769 (or whatever the particular phone number is).

And that, of course, works from either PC or "smartphone" (so giving a way to get around texting restrictions with phones as well)

 

[Mr. Wedgewood]

Wow, as of May 8, 2015 AOL has 2.1 million dial up users.

 

[Dalek]

What does this mean for Shingy?

 

[Melon Husk]

AOL-Time Warner merger approved
BBC News
Thursday, 14 December, 2000, 17:50 GMT

...following 11 months of studying what is now the $109bn purchase of Time Warner by AOL.

Edit: More AOL, Time Warner confirm merger
Monday, 10 January, 2000, 11:12 GMT


... and Clubbed To Death just started playing on the radio.

 

[backflip10019]

What does this mean for Shingy?

Some digital prophet he is. I bet he didn't even see this coming.

 

[The Real Abed]

What does this mean for Shingy?

Well, who wouldn't want to defriend and unfollow that guy?

 

[terrisus]

Side note: It's kind of ironic that back in 2006 the AOL UK branch was bought by Carphone Warehouse.
And now here AOL is bought by Verizon.

 

[clav]

AOL-Time Warner merger approved
BBC News
Thursday, 14 December, 2000, 17:50 GMT



Edit: More AOL, Time Warner confirm merger
Monday, 10 January, 2000, 11:12 GMT

Crazy after inflation factored for today, Verizon got a bargain.

What a stupid deal that was back in the day.

 

[terrisus]

Crazy after inflation factored for today, Verizon got a bargain.

What a stupid deal that was back in the day.

Time-Warner divested AOL a couple of years ago.

 

[biggersmaller]

Wow, as of May 8, 2015 AOL has 2.1 million dial up users.

I know, right?

Millions of people are still paying AOL for painfully slow dial-up Internet access for a few different reasons. At an average price of $20 a month, AOL’s dial-up is typically cheaper than broadband Internet, making it an attractive choice for poorer households. Meanwhile, 19 million Americans lack access to broadband Internet, per the Federal Communications Commission, meaning upgrading isn’t an option.

 

[TxdoHawk]

What does this mean for Shingy?

Skrillex has really let himself go, eh?

 

[Mr. Enigma]

My Mom absolutely, positively will not give up her AOL account. She has had broadband for years, but still pays AOL $20/month to essentially keep her email address. I've given up trying to convince her she can use the Internet now without AOL.

 

[terrisus]

My Mom absolutely, positively will not give up her AOL account. She has had broadband for years, but still pays AOL $20/month to essentially keep her email address. I've given up trying to convince her she can use the Internet now without AOL.

If you have your own separate connection and aren't using their lines, you can connect via TCP/IP and access everything on there (including email, obviously) and not pay anything at all.

It has been like this for a number of years - and even before that, it was a discounted rate.

 

[YoungHav]

What does this mean for Shingy?

U.S. mainstream culture can be so depressingly corny at times. I can't wait for 2016's new trends- booty and doggystyle!!